Central Park, Darlington

CLIENT: CKY Consortium

VALUE: £200 million (final)

STATUS: Outline Planning Approval

Napper Architects have been responsible for the detailed masterplan of this new mixed use development in central Darlington, on a 75 acre site. The scheme will be developed by Commercial Estates Group (CEG), Keepmoat and Yuill Homes. The consortium and their design team led by Napper were successful in winning the bid for the site ahead of three other rival consortia.

With an overall investment of £200 million the park will include 600 homes (Including ECO houses), 28,000m² of commercial space including shops, bars and restaurants, a quality hotel with health and fitness centre and the creation of a new urban wildlife habitat set within 25 acres of open public space.